Category: Social Philosophy
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Privilege and Prejudice
Coming from small roots inherently places many constraints on an individual. These constraints are amplified when people who are used to privilege see you as a threat. The success of someone from a small background sets a dangerous precedent for their prejudice towards their own privilege and its role on success. It alludes, consciously or…
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Consciousness as an evolutionary flaw
Consciousness has been a debated concept since many decades. The idea of anthropocentrism has been well documented in humans: The feeling that humans are special, and more conscious in a way, than other animals. Additionally, it also entails the feeling that the Universe specially favours human existence. If one realises how dominant and rampant these…
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Decolonisation : An experiential perspective
The continent of Europe is geographically a part of the Eurasian landmass. The reason why it was recognised as a separate continent was solely due to British exceptionalism. They viewed Asians as inferior and wanted to distance themselves from them, even if it meant defying the very geographical definition and etymology of ‘continent-land’ or continent.…
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A new way of looking at introverts and extroverts
If we think of humans, or any life form, as systems that take input from their surroundings and produce an output, we have an interesting thought experiment waiting for us. Social interactions offer a unique input on a conscious and unconscious level. How one processes this input determines the unique characteristics of an individual. An…
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